I usually don't do this sort of thing, but I am a fan of
Deanna Durbin who recently passed away.
Miss Durbin was the sole support of Universal Studios in the 1930s and 1940s. For several years in the 1940s, only Bette Davis was a higher paid and bigger box office star than she. Oh the 1920-40s, when women stars ruled the box office!
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Adieu To All That... )